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Proverbs 10:23 RA What's Your High?

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Proverbs 10:23 Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding. What's Your High? Robin Aylor I like the contrasts in this verse… It’s cool! Solomon doesn’t really show the commonalities between foolishness and wisdom because there are none. ​ Ecclesiastes 10:2 says: A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. ​ Look, these guys are on totally different roads and going opposite directions. So instead of stating what they have in common he just tells us the goals and rewards of both paths. You see, for a fool doing wrong never reaches any true level of pleasure so you can’t really make a suitable comparison. Doing wrong may bring a short high to a wicked man but like a common joke his telling of it is gone in a moment. The vile and corrupt person only knows what he knows… Surely he must think the fleeting high that comes from doing wrong cannot be matched… There is undoubtedly nothing it’s equal. Alas, he thinks; today's devious d